Additional SNPs and linkage-disequilibrium analyses are necessary for whole-genome association studies in humans

Nature Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 518-521

  Carlson, Christopher S ^a   Eberle, Michael A ^b   Rieder, Mark J ^a   Smith, Joshua D ^a   Kruglyak, Leonid ^b,c   Nickerson, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 0344091561     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1128     Document Type: Article

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